Plow-sweep holder.



H. TATUM.

' PLOW SWEEP HOLDER.

APPLICATION HL'ED .IULYH, 1914- 1,147,565. Patented July 20,1915.

I-IAMLING 'I'A'IUM, OF nLBA, ALABAMA.

PLOW-SWEEP HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HAMLING TATUM,'a citizenof the United States, residing at Elba, in the county of Coffee andState of Alabama, have invented new and useful Improvements inPlow-Sweep Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention has relation to implements of the type of a plow orcultivator and more particularly to the means for securing the rearsweep to the standard or foot of the plow point or shovel in such amanner as to prevent movement of such sweep after the same has beenadjusted and made secure by means of the usual heel bolt.

The invention consists of a holder of peculiar form having projectionsnear its upper and lower ends to engage the plow foot or standard toprevent possible turning of such holder upon the heel bolt, such holderhaving a laterally extending flange or shoulder at its upper end tooverlap the sweep or like part to retain the same upon the heel boltagainst possible turning.

The invention consists of the novel features, details of constructionand combination of parts, which hereinafter will be more particularlyset forth, illustrated and claimed.

In the drawings hereto attached :Figure 1 is a sectional view of thelower portion of a plow standard, shovel, rear heel sweep, and holder,showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection. Fig. 3 is a detail view in perspective of the holder as seenfrom the front. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the holder as it appearsfrom the rear.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings, by the samereference characters.

The numeral 1 designates a standard or foot of the type comprisingtransversely spaced members or formed with a vertical slot to receivethe heel bolt 2 by means of which the plow point, shovel, or blade 3 andrear heel sweep 4 are retained in place. The shovel 3 and sweep 41: areusually placed the one in front and the other in the rear of thestandard, the same being connected by means of the heel bolt 2 whichpasses Specification of Letters Patent.

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through the openings of the parts 8 and L and through the slot of thestandard or foot 1. I a

The holder consists of a plate 5 having an opening 6 for the passage of.the heel bolt 2. Lugs 7 and 8 are formed upon the front side of theplate 5 in line withthe opening 6 and are adapted to enter the slot orspace of the standard or foot 1, thereby preventing any possible turningof the holder upon the heel bolt 2. A flange 9 projects rearwardly andlaterally from the upper end of the plate 5, such flange being designedto overhang the upper edge of the rear heel sweep 4 and brace the sameand prevent any possible turning of such sweep upon the heel bolt. Thelower face of the flange 9 is beveled in oposite directions to present aV-shaped appearance, thus forming about midway between the ends of theflange an engaging edge 10 which, when the parts are assembled, willengage or abut upon the top edge of the sweep which will obviously beshaped to correspond. The lateral extensions 9 of the flange 9 projectbeyond the side edges of the plate 5, thus giving an extended bearingfor said flange upon the upper edge of the sweep 4, as best seen in Fig.2, thus bracing the sweep much more securely than would be possible ifthe lateral, extensions of the flange were omitted. The lower lug 8isbeveled upon its lower forward end so as to ride upon the earth andoifera minimum amount of resistance to the advance of the plow. A washer 11is slippedupon the rear end of the heel bolt 2 and comes between theholder and the nut 12 bymeans of which the parts are retained in theadjusted position.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of themethod of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the artto which the invention appertains, and while Ihave described theprinciple of operationof'the invention, together with thedevice which Inow consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have itunderstood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that suchchanges may be made when desired as are within the scope of theinvention as claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In animplement of the character described, a rear heel sweep holder, the samecomprising a plate having a centrally disposed opening and having upperand lower forwardly extending lugs in line with such opening, the lowerlug having its lower forward corner beveled, and such plate having atits upper end a rearwardly extending flange that projects laterally fromthe edges of the plate, said flange being oppositely beveled on itsunderside to form a sweep engaging edge.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature 15 Copies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofPatents,

Washington, D. 0.

